By Madeline Dunnett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THE DISCOURSE
In 1889, 60 Black miners arrived in Cumberland, B.C. from Pennsylvania and Ohio, hoping for work and a better life.
At that time, the coal industry was booming and workers came from around the world in search of opportunity. But miners faced harsh working conditions, racism and segregation.
Much of the history of the small Black settlement north of Comox Lake Road between Chinatown and No.
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